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Errata for My Job Went to India

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#24108: in the PDF bookmarks: each chapter after the first in a Part is erroneously a child of the first chapter, rather than the Part. This is the same error which afflicts the current edition of RailsRecipes.--david lee

#24108: in the PDF bookmarks: each chapter after the first in a Part is erroneously a child of the first chapter, rather than the Part. This is the sa...more...

P1.0
11-Feb-06

2

#25588: We dodged buffalo in the street and begrudingly yielded to rickety bicycles and full families on single mopeds.

begrudingly -> begrudgingly

P1.0
29-Jul-06

3

#25287: In just the first three months of 2005, U.S. techology companies ...

techology -> technology

P1.0
18-Jun-06

5

#25589: More and more business is being shipped to Eastern Europe (where it

P1.0
29-Jul-06

8

#23869: First paragraph (from prev. page), "4. Market! ... How do you get find recognition..."
"How do you get recognition..."
"How do you find recognition..."
"How do you get or find recognition..."--Chip Keefer

#23869: First paragraph (from prev. page), "4. Market! ... How do you get find recognition..."
"How do you get recognition..."
"How do you find rec...more...

P1.0
20-Dec-05

8

#23387: Point #4, Last Sentence: "How do you get find recognition in both . . " I think you meant to write either "get recognition" or "find recognition" --Nicole Clark

P1.0
14-Oct-05

11

#24368: "This part will help you ..." would be better written "This part of the book will help you ..."--Justin Johnson

P1.0
23-Mar-06

15

#25288: If the Python job market were to support noticably higher prices perprogrammer, ...

noticably -> noticeably

P1.0
18-Jun-06

22

#25777: the pundits were giddy in anticipation of a solid new contendor on the operating system block.

contendor -> contender

P1.0
25-Aug-06

26

#23860: Penultimate paragraph, second sentence: "When the pressure is on, a smart businessperson will turn to a software professional can solve the problem at hand" should, it seems, read: "When the pressure is on, a smart businessperson will turn to a software professional who can solve the problem at hand".

#23860: Penultimate paragraph, second sentence: "When the pressure is on, a smart businessperson will turn to a software professional can solve the pr...more...

P1.0
18-Dec-05

32

#24869: In the second line from the top, "(maybe /most/)" should get rid of the trailing space.--Andreas Scherer

P1.0
15-May-06

36

#25381: I was terribly disppointed by his answer:

disppointed -> disappointed

P1.0
02-Jul-06

38

#25339:

P1.0
26-Jun-06

39

#25867: Also, like an alchoholic who slurs his speech even when he

P1.0
07-Sep-06

39

#25868: Perhaps unconciously, I sought out the best IT people to work with.

unconciously -> unconsciously

P1.0
07-Sep-06

39

#23566: In the second paragraph, third last line reads "with a an overlow of artsians" but should read "with an overflow of artisans."--Lachlan Dowding

P1.0
17-Nov-05

41

#24870: Second paragraph: "India's Silicon Valley bursting at its seams with an overflow", i.e., delete the single "a".--Andreas Scherer

P1.0
15-May-06

43

#24001: End of line 4: "at best we’d have ended up in a fender bender or three"

Shouldn't it read "... ended up in a fender bender or tree".

tree != three

--Codeblogger

#24001: End of line 4: "at best we’d have ended up in a fender bender or three"
Shouldn't it read "... ended up in a fender bender or tree".
tre...more...

P1.0
30-Jan-06

47

#24002: Missing blank after question mark:

"my ASP.NET pages?Why do"--Codeblogger

P1.0
30-Jan-06

53

#23567: Second paragraph, first line "shouldn't" is spelt wrong ("shoudn't").--Lachlan Dowding

P1.0
17-Nov-05

58

#25389: The mentor-to-mentee bond is a strong one, so the links in this kind of professional network are stronger than those of more passive acquaintences.

acquaintence -> acquaintance

#25389: The mentor-to-mentee bond is a strong one, so the links in this kind of professional network are stronger than those of more passive acquainte...more...

P1.0
03-Jul-06

58

#25424: There

P1.0
09-Jul-06

63

#24382: Incomplete sentence. "Other process disciplines that can set the course for a software
project."

--Justin Johnson

P1.0
27-Mar-06

69

#24871: Second line of second paragraph: "function and structure", i.e., insert missing "r" in "stucture".--Andreas Scherer

P1.0
15-May-06

76

#27902: Bullet list, 3rd item, first sentence:
"your customers did ask for in a way that, unexectedly to you, makes it less functional or desirable to the customer."

Replace
unexectedly
With
unexpectedly

--Eric Bouchut

#27902: Bullet list, 3rd item, first sentence:
"your customers did ask for in a way that, unexectedly to you, makes it less functional or desirab...more...

P1.0
22-Mar-07

78

#25425: At design reviews and status meetings in the office, you

P1.0
09-Jul-06

79

#25426: The ones you

P1.0
09-Jul-06

80

#24891: In the second paragraph, the italicised "before" is followed by more than one space character.--Andreas scherer

P1.0
17-May-06

84

#24109: It really isn’t a very good from this side of the street either.--david lee

P1.0
11-Feb-06

84

#24410: "Now, of course, I’m not completely
guilt-free here myself. I’ve been this guy myself to some extent."

Maybe take out the first "myself". Sounds awkward with two "myself"s close to each other.--Justin Johnson

#24410: "Now, of course, I’m not completely
guilt-free here myself. I’ve been this guy myself to some extent."
Maybe take out the first "myself". ...more...

P1.0
04-Apr-06

88

#25485: He cherry-picks work that he thinks, even if subconciously, is in tune with his level and might get him closer to his goal of the next promotion.

subconciously -> subconsciously

#25485: He cherry-picks work that he thinks, even if subconciously, is in tune with his level and might get him closer to his goal of the next promoti...more...

P1.0
20-Jul-06

89

#24892: Second paragraph, third line: "It isn't a very good [view point] from this side of the street either."--Andreas scherer

P1.0
17-May-06

90

#25938: Your presence is a major advantage you have over your offshore brethren.

bretheren -> brethren

P1.0
18-Sep-06

90

#25526: Developers in India or the Phillipines don

P1.0
23-Jul-06

93

#23568: Second paragraph, third line: "We also tend to believe who project work..." probably should read "We also tend to believe project work..."--Lachlan Dowding

P1.0
17-Nov-05

95

#24110: Though the caste system is officially dead in India, the hierarchical
thinking it imposed lives on in the hearts and minds of its citizens.--david lee

P1.0
11-Feb-06

95

#26349: I believe the fifth sentence of the second paragraph ("We also tend to believe who project work is the most visible to our organizations.") could use some reformulation.--Bart van der Zwet

#26349: I believe the fifth sentence of the second paragraph ("We also tend to believe who project work is the most visible to our organizations.") co...more...

P1.0
23-Oct-06

96

#27651: "often put tight reigns on" - third P - I believe the proper word is "rein," like the reins used to control a horse or other animal.
--Jim Zajkowski

P1.0
14-Mar-07

101

#23888: Third paragraph, "tight reigns" should be "tight reins".--Andy Lester

P1.0
28-Dec-05

102

#25602: And, without the bureacracy of a full-blown project underway, you

P1.0
30-Jul-06

102

#25603: A hidden advantage of doing maintanence work is that, unlike the contractual environment of many of today

P1.0
30-Jul-06

104

#24893: First line: s/controvery/controversy/--Andreas scherer

P1.0
17-May-06

110

#24111: grammatical error (?):

through at least one cycle of the plan through--david lee

P1.0
11-Feb-06

113

#23581: Fifth paragraph, third line: "suprise" should be "surprise"--Lachlan Dowding

P1.0
22-Nov-05

113

#23227: The PDF outline is wrongly nested, it shows the first chapter of each section as a container with the following chapters within.

The first "your" seems unnecessary.
Also think that the right spelling is "questionnaire"
--Cristian Vat

#29665: "Share your the outcome of your questionaire
with your reviewers"
The first "your" seems unnecessary.
Also think that the right spelling ...more...

P1.0
15-Sep-07

158

#27000: This is not only a typo...
I think there should be "gourd" not "ground" in "They would dig a long, narrow hole in the ground and then use an equally long, slender object to widen the bottom of the hole."
In Pirsig's book there is "coconut".--Kloss

#27000: This is not only a typo...
I think there should be "gourd" not "ground" in "They would dig a long, narrow hole in the ground and then use an...more...

P1.0
20-Feb-07

162

#25758: However, if you leave and come back in two days, you

P1.0
20-Aug-06

162

#28660: Interpunction twister in next-to-last line of second paragraph; should be: "in the U.S.,"--Andreas Scherer

P1.0
22-Apr-07

164

#25714: questionaire -> questionnaire

P1.0
13-Aug-06

164

#23784: The sentence beginning in line 14 should start with "Share the output come your questionaire ..."--Andreas Scherer

P1.0
24-Nov-05

167

#24899: Last line of fourth paragraph: Remove spurious comma in the quoted sentence "I want to be a CEO!".--Andreas Scherer

P1.0
17-May-06

167

#25759: What are those values that guide your daily actions without you even conciously knowing it?

conciously -> consciously

P1.0
20-Aug-06

167

#23785: Subtract 10 from the hyphenated word in the second line of the second paragraph--Andreas Scherer